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L'oxomptairo  film*  f ut  roproduit  o^iod  A  la 
a4n«roait«  do: 

ttaroM  CampMI  Vau^ian  MmimmM  Library 
Aeadia  Unhwiity 


Tho  imagoa  appoaring  haro  w  tha  boat  quality 
poaslbia  oonaMaHnfl  tha  C4  ..dMon  and  laglblllty 
of  tho  original  oopy  and  In  kaaping  with  tho 
filming  eontraet  apaoH  leatlona. 


Original  eoploa  in  printod  papar  oovora  aro  fllmvd 
baglnning  with  tha  front  oovor  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  iliuatratad  impros- 
•ton,  or  tho  book  oovor  whon  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  ooploa  ara  fllmad  baglnning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  Iliuatratad  impras- 
sion,  and  anding  on  tho  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  iliuatratad  impraaaton. 


Tha  last  raoordod  frama  on  aach  microf icha 
shall  contain  tho  symbol  «•»  (moaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  tho  aymbol  y  (moaning  "END"), 
whichavar  appllaa. 


Las  Imagas  suhrantas  ont  4ta  rsproduitaa  avao  la 
plus  grand  soln,  con^pto  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattata  da  raxampialrs  fiimi,  at  •n 
conformita  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  da 
filmaga. 

Las  axamplairas  originaux  dont  ia  couvorturo  wn 
paplar  ast  imprimOa  sont  filmto  an  common^nt 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  Wi  tarminant  soK  par  la 
darnlira  paga  qui  comporta  una  ampralnta 
dimprasslon  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  la  sacond 
plat,  salon  ki  cos.  Tous  los  tuti-ss  axamplairas 
originaux  sont  fiimis  on  commonpsi^  par  la 
pramiara  paga  qui  comporta  una  «mpra>!nta 
d'Imprassion  ou  d'illustration  ot  on  tarminant  par 
ia  darnidra  paga  qui  comporta  una  taiia 
amprainta. 

Un  das  symbolas  suivants  apparattra  sur  ia 
darnlAra  imaga  da  chaqua  microflcho,  salon  ia 
cas:  ia  symbols  — ►  signifia  "A  SUIVRE",  ia 
symbols  ▼  signifia  "FIN". 


IMaps,  plataa,  oharta,  ate.,  may  ba  fllmad  at 
diffarant  raduotion  ratioa.  Thoaa  too  iarga  to  ba 
antlraly  ineludod  In  ono  oxpoaura  ara  fllmad 
baglnning  In  tha  uppar  laft  hand  corner,  loft  to 
ritfht  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  frames  as 
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MT  first  lesson  in  geography  did  not  embrace  Niagara  Falls, 
but  my  curiosty  got  ahead  of  the  regular  lesson,  and  I 
found  myself  gazing  at  a  picture  of  the  terrific  slop-over,  learn- 
ing all  there  was  in  the  book  relating  to  it,  ^nd  going  at  recita- 
tion time  to  the  foot  of  the  class  for  not  knowing  what  had  been 
assigned  me. 

From  that  day  until  I  began  to  show  polish  on  the  top  of  my 
head,  did  I  long  to  see  Niagara.  I  bought  several  pictures  of  it ; 
went  to  every  gallery  where  a  painting  of  it  was  to  be  seen ; 
read  tourists'  descriptions  of  it,  and  in  various  ways  crammed  my- 
self full  of  dry  Niagara. 

But  at  length  I  determined  to  see  the  original,  and  stop  fool- 
ing with  my  imagination,  and  so  taking  the  cars  I  started  for  a 
gentle  saunter  of  four  hundred  miles,  from  the  seaboard  to  the 
border  of  the  Empire  State. 

There  is  nothing  like  being  drawn  in  a  drawing-room  car, 
especially  when  you  feel  that  you  are  drawing  nearer  to  your 
destination  at  the  rate  of  fifty  miles  an  hour. 

Seating  myself  I  proceeded  to  get  into  a  position  for  comfort 
and  observation.  I  found  that  the  revolving  chair  fitted  me 
exactly ;  couldn't  have  been  better  had  the  upholsterer  taken 
my  measure. 

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to  observe  my  fellow  travelers,  many  of  whom  were  summer 
tourists  and  bound  also  to  Niagara. 

In  came  the  traveled  man,  divested  of  everything  but  a  flask, 
umbrella  and  duster.  His  practiced  eye  told  him  at  a  glance 
which  was  the  shady  and  which  was  the  sunny  side,  from  which 
side  there  was  the  most  to  be  seen,  and  he  suits  himself  to  a  seat 
as  eapily  as  a  frog  takes  to  the  water. 

Then  comes  an  old  couple  ;  each  one  carrying  half  a  dozen 
bundles  of  some  kind  or  other,  and  they  stumble  along  the  aisle, 
banging  passengers'  heads ;  she  calling  for  him  to  sit  in  one  place, 
and  he  insisting  upon  another  locality,  the  result  being,  probably, 
that  while  they  are  dodging  this  way  and  that,  still  undecided 
which  chairs  to  occupy,  other  passengers  take  them,  and  they 
are  obliged  to  try  their  luck  in  another  car. 

Then  comes  in  a  newly  married  couple,  bound  for  Niagara,  of 
course,  and  take  a  survey  of  the  car. 

"Fm  afraid,  Birdy,  that  we  can't  get  two  seats  together  in 
this  car,"  he  says. 

"Well,  Woutsey,  I  wouldn't  care  to  ride  in  a  drawing-room 
car  anyway,"  she  replies. 

"Why,  Birdy?" 

"Because — I — we — that  is,  Geoi^e,  a  chair  holds  only  one 
you  know,  and — " 

He  understands ;  and  away  they  go  in  search  of  a  car  with 
seats  that  accommodate  Uoo. 

Then  a  blustering  man  comes  in,  red  in  the  face,  frowning  at 
those  who  have  taken  the  best  seats.  If  looks  could  blast,  the 
whole  car-load  would  instantly  become  a  peck  of  dry  bones. 

Then  a  timid,  bashfiil  man  comes  in.  He  has  never  traveled 
much  and  is  altogether  uncertain  as  to  whether  he  is  in  the  right 
car  or  not.  He  is  loaded  with  umbrella,  bags,  bundles,  &c.,  and 
in  his  confusion  he  gets  in  somebody's  way,  drops  something. 


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stopg  to  pick  it  up,  and  is  run  into  by  somebody's  val'se, 
causes  him  to  recover  so  suddenly  as  to  drop  the  remainder  of 
his  load,  thus  blocking  up  the  pasageway  and  putting  everybody 
out  of  temper. 

Then  a  fat  mother  and  lean  daughter  appear.  8he  is  red  of 
face  and  wild  of  eye,  carries  several  bundles  and  a  poodle  dog, 
while  the  daughter  hesitates  along  behind  her,  without  apparently 
knowing  or  caring  what  it  is  all  about,  anyway.  The  old  lady 
finds  only  one  seat  vacant,  but  does  not  hesitate  to  ask  a  man  in 
the  next,  if  he  will  not  change  to  another  single  seat,  and  allow 


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her  to  occupy  his  oppoBito  her  daughter.  The  man  looks  up  as 
though  about  to  say  ho  would  see  her  hung  first,  when  he  meei<« 
the  beseeching,  auxiliary  eyes  of  the  daughter,  bows  and  vacates 
with  the  best  grace  ho  has  to  spare. 

And  so  they  come,  all  kinds,  shapes,  dress,  and  disposition, 
until  the  signal  is  given,  and  away  we  move  slowly  out  of  the 
depot. 

Rumbling  over  streets,  crawling  under  bridges,  and  diving 
into  tl:'^  darkness  of  the  long  tunnel ;  the  electric  spark  at  work, 
recording  our  passage  and  announcing  our  coming  miles  beyond ; 


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the  chatter  of  passengers,  the  click  of  car  wheels,  and  the  general 
ruf h  of  everything  marks  our  exit  from  Gotham. 

Ding-dong,  rattle-te-uang — and  away  we  glide  out  into  the 
country,  and  in  a  few  moments  the  beau^M,  glorious  Hudson 
riyer  comes  in  view.  Fairer  scenes  are  nowhere  to  be  found  than 
unfold  themselves  on  this  rock-walled  river.  People  go  to  Europe 
for  the  same  reason  that  they  wear  finger  rings,  not  because  it  is 
necessary,  but  because  it  is  fashionable  to  do  so;  and  yet  they 
see  nothing  brighter,  more  romantic  or  beautilM  than  they  can 
find  along  fhe  Hudson. 

At  Tonkers  there  werf  several  exits  from  our  car  and  several 
entries,  and  three  or  four  who  were  dissatisfied  with  thei?  seats 
in  some  other  car  came  in  to  see  if  they  could  better  themselves.* 
In  some  instances  they  did,  perhaps,  and  in  others  they  even  lost 
the  ones  they  did  have  and  had  to  stand  up  until  the  next  stop- 
ping place  and  the  next  stirring  up. 

As  for  me,  tb.is  changing  brought  me  &oe  to  &ce  with  an 
English  cockney  Aiio  had  come  over  to  "do"  the  leading  features 
of  America. 

It  has  been  given  out,  and  generally  believed,  that  the 
genuine  Yankee  asks  more  questions  than  anybody  else ;  but  it  is 
a  mistake.  This  chap  could  double  discount  the  ticking  of  a 
clock  and  give  it  points. 

**  Hi  say,  my  uiend,"  he  asked,  wheeling  around  and  tapping 
me  on  the  shoulder,  "Hi  say,  his  this  a  part  of  the  New  York 
Bay?"  pointing  to  the  river. 

"  Oh,  yes,  all  connected,"  I  replied. 

"  You  don't  tell  me  so!  How  far  does  hit  reach  up  this  way?" 
he  asked  pointing  ahead. 

"Well,  two  hundred  miles  or  such  a  matter." 

"Mercy  on  me!  Then  hit's  something  like  a  river?" 

"Oh  yes,  it  is  sometimes  called  a  river,"  said  I. 


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"I  dare  say,  Hit's  almost  as  big  as  the  'Tems,'  hi  should 
say." 

Allowing  him  to  have  his  own  opinion  respecting  his  own 
muddy  river  and  the  Hudson.  I  wheeled  around  and  began  to 
read  a  paper.    But  this  did  not  shut  him  off. 

"What  place  is  this?"  he  asked,  as  we  whizzed  through  a 
little  hamlet. 

"I  give  it  up,"  I  replied,  rather  tartly. 

"Higivehitupl  What  blarsted  queer  names  you  'ave  in  this 
country,  to  be  sure,"  he  muttered. 


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But  I  was  bound  not  to  disabuse  ' 'm,  and  so  returned  to  my 
paper. 

"Hi  say,  that  would  be  a  very  nice  bit  hover  there,  if  hit 
honly  'ad  a  castle  on  it,"  he  said,  pointing  across  the  river. 

Not  wishing  to  disturb  him,  I  merely  nodded. 

"Hi  say,  the  trains  do  not  run  so  &st  as  they  do  at  'ome, 
you  know,"  he  said,  again  tapping  me  on  the  shoulder. 

"  In  Germany  ?^'  I  asked,  wheeling  around  and  facing  him. 

"  Germany !  Bless  you,  no,  Emglcmil"  he  said,  flushing  up 
with  indignation. 

"  Why,  my  dear  sir,  I  certainly  thought  you  was  a  German," 
said  I,  looking  at  him  honestly. 

"  Do  hi  look  an'  speak  like  a  blarsted  Dutchman?  No,  sir!  hi 
ham  han  Hinglishman." 

"Indeed.  But  you  must  have  spc  ^t  many  years  in  Germany  ?" 

"Never  was  hin  the  blarsted  country  hin  my  life." 

"Oh,"  and  I  subsided,  hoping  he  would  do  the  same. 

"Be  you  han  Hamarican?"  he  asked,  at  length. 

"No,  sir,  I  am  a  New  Englander." 

"  Oh,  you  be,  hey?  Wall,  'an  do  you  like  this  here  blarsted 
country  anyway?" 

"Oh,  can't  bear  it!  Nothing  like  Old  or  New  England." 

"Been  here  long?" 

"Only  a  few  years.  But,  for  fear  I  may  disturb  you  and  take 
your  attention  from  the  delightful  scenery,  I  will  give  you  the 
leading  facts  relating  to  myself  all  in  a  lump,"  said  I,  facing  him 
again. 

He  appeared  delighted. 

"My  name  is  Kennebunk  Bricktop.  I  was  bom  in  the  State 
of  Maine ;  am  forty  years  of  age ;  somewhat  bald ;  teeth  and  eye- 
sight good ;  am  an  editor  by  profession ;  wear  No.  10  shoes ;  don't 
pad ;  am  sound  in  wind,  limb  and  theology ;  am  not  a  millionaire ; 


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hare  just  left  the  small-pox  hospital,  and  am  tra^elmg*  for  my 
health/' 

''Mercy  on  me!"  he  exclaimed,  starting  up  with  open  mouth 
and  eyes.    "  'Ave  you  got  well  of  hit?" 

"Well,  no,  but  I  got  tired  of  staying  cooped  up  in  the  hospital 
and  thought  I  would  travel  a  bit." 

"But,  my  dear  sir,  hit's  catching!" 

"Well,  yes.  But  I  suppose  you  have  been  vaccinated." 

"No,  blarst  my  bleedin'  hies  if  I  'ave,  though!"  he  said, 
gathering  up  his  parcels. 


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catch  it.  Sit  down,  I  want  to  pomt  ont  places  of  interest  to.  yon 
as  we  ride  along/' iaid  I. 

"Xo,  bi'm  blowed  hif  I  do,  thought"  he  whispered^^intly. 
And  making  a  bolt  for  ^e  fore-end  of  the  car,  he  disap||MNike 
a  rocket,  leaving  me  aloiii  in  my  glory. 

An  old  fellow  sitting  opposite  had  overheard  and  seen  enough 
to  understand  it  all.    Beachhig  over  he  offered  his  hand. 

"Icongratolateyon,  (^,"saidhe.    '  , 

I  thanked  him,  of  course,  and  turned  away,  leaving  him  shak- 
ing his  Ikt  belly  over  the  affair. 

I  read,  observed,  and  slept  all  undisturbed  until  the  train 
stopped  at  Ponghkeepcyie,  w|ere  a  new  neighbor  came  in  and 
occupied  the  seat  thsj^  mi^i^htened  the  cockney  ont  of. 

He  appeared  to  be  a  nnjier  or  some  relation  to  one,  and  until 
the  train  started  he  was  bobbmf  this  way  and  that,  evidently 
trying  to  see  somebody  to  whom  he  could  nod  and  say  good-by 
to.  He  was  about  fifty  years  of  age ;  long  hair  and  nose,  little 
bine  eyes,  and  a  blow  to  his  nose ;  old  fashioned  clothes  and  sub- 
stantial boots,  which  encased  substantial  feet. 

I  SOifoely  noticed  him  at  first,  but  amused  myself  watching 
those  who  iock  advantage  of  the  ten  mmntes  wait  to  procure 
refreshments.  Did  yon  ever  notice  it,  reader  ?  And  did  it  amuse 
you? 

To  my  ihfaikhig  it  is  one  of  the  funniest  sights  in  the  world. 
No  sooner  doM  the  train  come  to  a  halt  and  the  announcement 
is  made,  "Ten  minutes  for  refreshments,"  then  a  grand  rush 
takes  pkce  ibr  the  Innch  counter. 

The  old  stGgers  take  it  calmly ;  order  what  they  want,  gauge 
themselves  as  to  time  exactly  in  eating  it,  and  return  to  their 
seats  jnst  in  time,  while  others  jrab  up  the  first  thing  eatable 
they  can  lay  their  hands  on,  and  bolt  it  like  an  ostrich.    They 


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choke  themselyes  with  sandwiches,  si»ld  themselves  with  hot 
coffee ;  danb  themselves  in  various  way^ ;  ycxi  at  the  waiters  for 
what  they  want,  then  yell  at  them  to  take  the  pay,  after  which 
they  rash  back  to  the  train  as  thongh  they  had  but  a  minute  to 
save  their  bacon  in,  instead  of  being  in  the!"  seats  certainly  eight 
minutes  before  the  train  starts,  for  sensible  folks  to  laugh  over. 

And  others  rush  around,  ordering  from  every  waiter  within 
hearing,  bobbing  in  to  the  line  here  and  there,  and  perhaps  get 
so  nervous  and  panicky  that  they  rush  out  after  all  without 
getting  a  bite.  Such  people  need  a  whole  hour,  the  same  as 
mechanics  have  for  eating  their  dinners. 

And  any  refreshment  provider  at  depots  will  tell  you  that 
many  artiiil  dodgers  flock  to  their  counters  from  every  train. 
Some  of  them  to  eat  quick  and  get  out  quick  without  paying, 
and  otherp  to  linger  until  the  bell  rings,  and  then  bolt  out,  leav- 
ing the  porprietbr  "out''  also. 

These  characters,  togetlier  with  those  who  attempt  to  take  a 
hasty  lunch  to  their  female  companions;  who  get  ttn»ted; 
stumble  over  somebody  or  their  own  feet ;  spill  their  coffee,  or 
step  on  the  cake ;  who  frighten  the  ladies  out  of  their  appetites, 
for  fear  they  wiU  not  have  time  to  get  back  with  the  dishes. 

One  mail  of  this  description  attracted  my  especial  attention 
on  this  occasion.  He  was  dreadfully  nervous,  and  his  lady  friend 
seemed  to  be  very  hungry.  He  hesitated  a  minute  or  two  after 
the  train  stopped,  as  if  to  assure  himself  that  he  had  time  enough 
before  it  started  again,  or  to  see  if  the  others  got  back  in  time. 
Fmally  he  ventured  off  and  nervously  entered  the  depot  refresh- 
ment room.  •  Once  in  here,  seconds  seemed  like  minutes,  and  it 
seemed  as  thot^h  twenty-five  or  thirty  of  them  elapsed  before  he 
got  his  coffee  and  cake.  Then  he  spilled  more  than  half  of  it 
bumping  against  people  before  he  got  back  into  the  car. 

A  mischievous  news  boy  had  "taken  him  in,"  and  watching 


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mitil  the  lady  had  taken  a  sip  or  two  of  the  coffee  and  a  month- 
M  of  cake,  he  got  under  the  car  window  and  called  oat,  "All 
aboard!" 

"Oh,  lord,  'Manda,  the  cars  are  going  1  Quick!  I — ^I — ^what 
shall  we  do?"  he  cried,  and  seizing  the  tray  he  thrust  coffee, 
dishes  and  cake  out  of  the  window  upon  the  platform,  and  wildly 
called  upon  some  one  to  return  them  to  the  owner. 

The  train  didn't  start  for  four  minutes  afterwards,  and  a  sicker 
looking  chap  than  he  was,  when  that  owner  entered  the  car  and 
demanded  pay  for  his  crockery,  was  never  seen  in  the  world. 


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nntil  the  lady  had  taken  a  sip  or  two  of  the  coffee  and  a  month- 
fill  of  cake,  he  got  under  the  car  window  and  called  ont,  "All 
aboard!" 

"Oh,  lord,  'Manda,  the  can  are  going!  i^nick!  I— I— what 
shall  we  do?"  he  cried,  and  seizing  the  tray  he  thmst  coffee, 
dishes  and  cake  out  of  the  window  upon  the  phitform,  and  wildly 
called  upon  some  one  to  return  them  to  the  owner. 

The  train  didn't  start  for  four  minutes  afterwards,  and  a  sicker 
looking  chap  than  he  was,  when  that  owner  entered  the  car  and 
demanded  pay  for  his  crockery,  was  neyer  seen  in  the  world. 


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Well,  away  we  went  at  last,  just  on  time,  with  ev<^rybody  on 
board.  A  new  engine  had  taken  the  train,  and  it  was  evident 
that  both  engineer  and  engine  were  feeling  fine,  for  in  less  than 
five  minutes  we  were  being  snaked  along  at  the  rate  of  a  mile  a 
minute. 

My  new  vis-o-trw,  the  Poughkeepsie  addition,  who,  by  the 
way,  saw  no  one  to  say  good-by  to,  began  to  open  the  lids  of  his 
optics.  In  fact,  iliey  opened  just  in  proportion  to  the  increase 
of  speed,  until  at  length  they  looked  like  inflamed  hard-boiled 
dggs.  He  clung  to  his  chair  and  divided  his  attention  between 
the  f ^;inning  scenery,  telegraph  poles,  etc.,  and  watching  the 
other  passengers,  evidently  ready  to  scream  whenever  taey  did. 

But  every]|o%  elM  M^ed  to  be  contented  and  happy. 
Some  were  even  i|idii]g£Rg  in  naps.  This  puzzled  him,  and  turn- 
ing to  me  he  s#d:  V    , 

"Great  G<i»flfff4,MirterrfcQw'8thi^ 
"Sirl»Iventiii>Mt  ^ 

"Goin'son^»||efr 

"  Going?  Oh,  hafe  w«  started  aga^f f  I  mM.  ; 

"Started!  (threat 't^t^ogs !  Oh»,yonYe  joking.  Look  at 
that!  Why,  Mister,  we  must  be  kitin'  at  the  i»te  often  miles  an 
hour."  ,  V 

"Ten  miles?  Why,  we  are  doing  seventy  miles  an  Hiemt  now. 
But  never  mind,  the  engineer  will  get  out  pn  a  plain  seetion  soon 
and  bounce  us  at  the  rate  of  a  hundred  miles  an  hour,"  I  said,  as 
though  condoning  for  our  slow  rate. 

"What!  Faster  than  this?"  heexclaimed,  trying  to  stand  up. 
"  Oh,  certainty,  and  I  shaill  be  glad.     I  hate  this  slow  pace." 
"  Slow!  Mile  a  minit  slow!  Merciftd  goodness,  I — I — should 
call  this  putty  fast." 

"Well,  yes,  a  trifle  better  than  a  stage  coach." 


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"Say,  yon,  Mister,  s'posin'  we  should  run  off?"  he  asked,  in 
great  excitemont. 

"Off?  Off  where?" 

"Off  the  track." 

"Oh,  that's  only  an  every-day  occorrence.  Bat  I  suppose 
your  life  is  insured  ?"  '^ 

"In— what?" 

"Insured — probably  got  twenty  or  thirty  thousai^d  on  it  for 
this  trip." 

"I  don't  understand  you,  Mister." 

"  What !  you  don't  pretend  to  tell  me  that  you  are  on  board 
this  train  without  having  your  life  insured?" 

"No — ^I — is  there  any  danger?" 

"Danger I  Got  any  family  ?" 

"Oh,  Lordy,  yes,  Going  up  ter  AitMmy  now  tu  meet  'em," 
he  moaned. 

"And  no  insurance  on  your  life  for  their  benefit  in  case  you 
are  found  in  fragments!  Well,  some  men  are  too  simple  to  travel 
anyway,"  said  I,  turning  away  as  ichough  dic^pwted. 

It  was  cruel,  but  I  could  not  help  ei^oying  the  old  fellow's  dis- 
comfiture. He  attempted  to  stand  on  Jiis  feet,  swaying  his  arms 
as  if  protesting  against  the  high  rate  of  speed ;  but  the  sway  of 
the  car  toppled  him  over  and  tears  filled  his  eyes.  I  pretended 
to  sleepf  but  still  watched  him,  and  finally  he  rummaged  through 
an  old  carpet  hag  and  fished  out  a  Testament,  which  he  read 
very  nervously. 

"I  say.  Mister,  it's  downright  wicked  to  run  these  ere  keers 
so  fiust  as  this.    S'posin'  anything  sh>  >uld  happen  ?" 

"Well,  the  company  is  rich  and  can  stand  it,"  said  I. 

"Wal,  by  gracious,  you  take  it  cool."       ' 

"Yes.    Used  to  it." 

"Did  you  ever  get  run  off? ' 


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"Oh,  often.    Nothing  when  you  get  used  to  it." 

"  How  about  gettin'  mashed  all  ter  pieces?" 

"  Well,  you  don't  mind  that  either." 

"The  deuce  you  don't!" 

"After  being  scattered  along  the  track  a  few  times  and 
picked  up  in  a  basket,  you  rather  like  it.  Nothing  like  making 
yourself  at  home,  you  know.    Traveled  much?" 

"Much!  Mister,  this  is  the  ftut  time  I  was  ever  on  the  keers 
in  my  life." 

"Well,  you  may  get  through  all  right.  Every  train  don't 
meet  with  an  accident." 

He  seemed  to  breath  more  freely,  and  presently  the  train 
slackened  up  a  trifle,  and  bis  fiuse  grew  radiant. 

I  really  enjoyed  a  short  nap  before  he  got  worked  up  again. 
A  sudden  aj^lication  of  the  air-brakes  was  what  woke  us  both 
up.  Some  inadvertance  of  the  man  at  a  switch-station  presented 
a  trifling  danger  and  the  train  was  stopped  within  its  length, 
pitching  several  out  of  their  chairs.  Happeninig  to  be  riding 
backwards  I  was  not  inconvenienced ;  but  in  turning  around  I 
saw  my  Ponghkeepsie  friend  on  the  floor  with  his  legs  branching 
out  in  different  directions. 

"Oh!  oh!  Help!  help!  Oh,  Maria,  Maria!"  he  was  moaning. 

Two  or  three  passengers  assisted  him  to  his  feet. 

"Oh,  Lord !  oh,  Lord!  Are  we  smashed?  Am  I  bleeding  any- 
where?" he  asked. 

"Nonsense,  you  are  all  right,"  said  one  of  the  men  who  had 
assisted  him. 

"You  are  more  frightened  than  hurt,"  said  the  other. 

"Nobody  killed?"  he  continued,  wildly. 
•      By  this  time  the  train  was  again  in  motion. 

"Say,  you ;  what  was  it?"  he  asked  of  me. 

"Oh,  nothing;  only  stopped  to  take  in  coal." 


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"Goal!  Gracious  goodness,  I  thought  we  was  all  gone  ter 
kingdom  come.    Du  thej  alius  take  in  coal  that  way?" 

•'Always,  when  they  are  in  a  hurry." 

"My!  Mister,  you  may  think  this  kind  er  travel  is  all  0  K 
But  it's  enermost  too  suddent  for  me.  I  shall  come  back  in  the 
steamboat ;  this  is  all  I  keer  for.  Never  thought  I  should  hanker 
arter  it  much  anyhow,  an'  now  I  know  I  don't." 

"Oh,  you'd  feel  diflferently  if  you  had  a  few  thousand  acci- 
dent policy  in  your  pocket.  As  for  me,  I  have  a  twenty  thousand 
dollar  policy  and  travel  to  please  my  wife." 


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"You  don't  say  so!" 

I  bowed  earnestly. 

"An'ifyougetbust— " 

"She  will  be  solid.  But  I  must  sleep  now,  for  I  am  subject 
to  insane  spells  if  I  do  uot  get  the  requisite  amount  of  sleep,  and 
then  I  am  apt  to  shoot  or  cut  with  my  dagger.  Only  let  me 
have  sleep  enough,  and  I  am  all  right." 

He  looked  at  me  a  moment  with  his  boiled-egg  eyes  ana  sub- 
sided as  I  fell  into  a  dose.  I  was  not  bothered  by  him  any 
more,  for  he  evidently  took  me  for  a  maniac  and  an  additional 
danger  to  the  eidstance  of  a  traveller. 


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I  awoke  as  the  train  drew  up  in  Albany.  But  my  Pough- 
keepsie  friend  had  left.  He  drew  away  carefully  as  the  trains 
slowed  up,  and  by  the  time  it  stopped  and  I  awoke,  he  was  on 
the  platform  and  out  of  danger.  But  T  am  sure  he  will  never 
travel  by  rail  again. 

Just  before  leaving  Albany,  a  lady  appropriated  the  seat  he 
had  occupied,  and  I  felt  happy.  I  had  not  seen  her  face,  but 
being  dressed  fashionably  I  took  it  for  granted  she  was  beautilfiil, 
as  every  gallant  man  is  bound  to  do. 

Soon  after  starting,  however,  she  xaised  her  veil,  and  I  was 
vouchsafed  a  glimpse  at  her  face.  It  was  not  a  bad-looking  face, 
although  I  had  seen  those  younger  by  at  least  thirty-five  years. 
She  turned  on  me  a  glance  intended  to  conquer,  but  it  glanced 
off  somewhat,  and  I  still  lived. 

But  hat  does  a  railroad  or  steamboat  trip  amount  to  if  one 
can  not  get  up  a  flirtation?  What  is  life  without  some  such  pep- 
per and  onions?  Just  to  kill  time  I  resolved  to  look  killing  and 
see  how  it  effected  her. 

We  exchanged  several  glances,  for  her  very  expression 
seemed  to  say,  "Please  exchange." 

"Beautiful  day,"  I  at  length  ventured  to  say. 

"Yes,  delightful,"  she  replied. 

"The  country  is  looking  magnificent." 

"Lovely.  Nature  seems  to  smile  with  pride  in  her  emerald 
wardrobe,  and  like  a  coquettish  maiden,  she  tempts  us  to  woo  her." 

Oh  Lord !  She  was  a  poetess ! 

"You  are  eloquently  correct,"  said  L 

"Do  you  love  nature?" 

"Oh,  I  worship  her  in  every  shape." 

"How  nice!  I  love  to  meet  with  such  people.  One  enjoys 
travel  so  much  more,  I  am  a  blind  worshipper  at  the  shrine  of 
nature.     Where  she  roars  in  the  thunder  tones  of  the  tornado, 


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where  she  sparkles  in  the  dew  drow,  or  ripples  over  the  heart 
in  bird  songs,  there  I  kneel!" 

"  What  heaven  to  possess  snch  a  heart!  I  should  judge  that 
you  might  give  yent  to  your  feelings  in  the  measured  melody  of 
rhyme,"  said  i. 

"Oh,  I  have  often  done  so,  I  am  a  contributor  to  several 
literary  publications." 

"Delighted  to  hear  it,  I  should  believe  it  without  your  say- 
ing so.  There  is  a  poetic  sheen  hanging  Ov'er  you  that  can  not 
be  misunderstood." 

I  was  bound  to  create  a  seni^tion  under  her  corsets,  some- 
how. 

Just  then  a  train  boy  placed  a  copy  of  Wild  Oats  in  my  lap. 

"Do  you  admire  humor?"  1  asked. 

"Only  the  most  exquisite  and  fine  pointed.  No,  my  nature 
is  so  finely  drawn  that  only  poetry  seems  to  vibrate  the  tissues 
of  my  heart." 

Oh,  those  tissues! 

"And  poetry  begets  love." 

"Yes,  that  higher,  better  love,"  she  sighed,  with  a  left 
handed  glance  at  me. 

"Snch  a  love  as  I  have  always  sighed  for."  > 
"And  have  you  never  found  such  a  love?" 

"I  have  seen  others  in  the  enjoyment  of  it.  But  I  have  l ever 
enjoyed  it  myself,  alas!" 

From  that  speech  the  coast  was  clear,  I  wished  afterwards 
that  I  had  not  made  it,  for  she  dosed  me  with  poetry  enough  to 
ruin  the  Waverly  Magazine.  •  Fortunately  she  was  going  no  far- 
ther than  Syracuse,  and  by  the  time  we  arrived  there,  we  had 
exchanged  cards,  (I  had  given  her  one  of  a  well  known  merchant 
that  I  chanced  to  have  in  my  pocket,)  and  with  some  tender 


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TOWS  we  had  fwoni  to  become  better  acquainted,  with  a  view  to 
matrhnoDy.    She  was  to  write  first. 

I  here  publicly  aak  that  merchant's  pardon,  for  her  writing 
first  made  a  liUle  torrid  zone  in  his  household  which  I  am  to 
blame  for. 

On,  on  we  flew ;  sometimes  faster  than  the  wind,  and  at  other 
times  ihiter  than  the  canal  boats  along  the  route.  My  fellow 
passengers  had  by  this  time  got  ngly  and  sleepy,  and  at  Roches- 
ter we  all  got  ont  for  a  good  square  meal.  After  this  the  run  to 
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It  was  dark  wl^en  we  arrived  there,  and  tired,  dirty,  dis- 
gasted  and  sleepy,  we  all  sought  baths,  suppers,  beds,  and  tran- 
sient forgetfulness,  reserving  until  the  morrow  our  visit  to  the 
Falls  whose  thunderous  roar  even  now  greeted  our  ears. 

I  stopped  at  the  International,  and  after  the  day's  rocking, 
whirling,  shaking,  and  dusting,  I  slept  well. 

The  following  morning  I  awoke  cl«3«/^  and  refreshed,  although 
not  early  enough  to  see  anything  before  breakfast.  But  I  could 
afford  to  bide  my  tip  e ;  and  so  I  buy'd  my  grub  and  a  pair  of 
cigars,  after  which  I  purchased  an  Indian  cane,  and  started  out 
to  ape  the  sights. 

I  soon  learned  that  everjrthing  at  Niagara  Falls  is  Indian, 
although  why  this  should  be  so  I  found  no  one  who  could  tell 
me. 

But  the  roar  of  those  fallf  was  in  my  ears  and  I  rushed  un- 
heeding past  the  Indian  dubs  who  seemed  to  own  every  store 
and  peanut  stand. 

Having  provided  myself  with  a  pocketfhll  of  twenty-five  and 
fifty  cent  stamps,  I  soon  found  them  to  be  exceedingly  handy 
to  have,  for  everything  has  its  price  there,  and  not  unfrequently 
more. 

At  the  entrance  to  Prospect  Park  I  paid  my  first  half  dollar 
and  soon  saw  my  money's  worth,  for  this  gives  you  one  of  the 
"finest  views  to  be  had  from  the  American  side. 

But  here  at  last  I  stood  in  the  thundering  presence  qf  incom- 
parable Niagara.  How  shall  I  describe  it,  or,  rather,  my  feelings 
at  first  beholding  it? 

I  felt  as  probably  hundreds  of  others  have  felt,  that  the  first 
sight  of  the  Rapids  and  Falls  was  not  satisft^ctory  somehow. 
This  is  owing  undoubtedly  to  all  that  has  been  said,  written, 
drawn,  and  painted  on  the  subject.  But  after  a  few  moments' 
contemplation,  their  vastness  and  wonderfiil  proportions  grad- 


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nally  interest  you,  gradually  dwarf  you  until  you  feel  about  the 
size  of  a  Kansas  grasshopper. 

Tou  are  gradually  overoome,  so  to  put  it.  The  wild,  head- 
long, seething,  foaming  waters  that  fret  themse^^es  oyer  the 
stoney  declivities  of  the  Rapids ;  hissing  at  gnarled  obstructions; 
impatient  at  delay,  seemingly ;  gurgling  and  bounding  as  their 
momentum  increases,  and,  finally,  plunging  like  a'yengeftd  sea  of 
glass  over  the  high  pirecepioe,  down,  down,  breaking  into  rainbow 
thrones  as  it  goes,  one  hundred  and  sixty  "(^et  below,  stunned 
into  snowy  foam — and  there  roaring,  whirling,  splashing,  boil- 
ing, like  the  angry  cauldron  of  a  mighty  god  I 

A  fellow  is  bound  to  get  poetic  over  the  subject  in  spite  of 
himself. 

I  was  contemplating  in  review,  having  gone  back  several 
rods  for  the  purpose  of  taking  it  all  in  again  before  going  any 
further,  and  was  gazing  at  the  Bapids  between  Prospect  Park 
and  Ooat  Island,  (and  mentally  threatening  a  world,  that  had 
always  used  me  well  enough,  with  a  thousand-line  poem,)  when  a 
man",  evidently  a  Westerner,  touched  me  on  the  arm. 

"Say,  you,  stranger,  what's  this?"  he  asked,  pointing  to  the 
Bapids  before  us.  ; 

" The  Bapids,"  I  replied. 

"Before  or  arter  the  tumble?" 

"Before." 

"Wal,  whar  does  she  dive?" 

Feeling  poetic  at  the  time,  I  was  of  course  shocked  at  the 
fellow's  flippancy.  But  mastering  my  emotion,  I  pointed  him  to 
the  lower  end  of  the  Park,  and  he  crept  towards  it  with  evident 
awe,  and  to  complete  his  punishment,  I  afterwards  saw  him  in 
the  hands  of  a  hackman. 

Going  back  again  to  the  extreme  point  of  the  Park,  the  scene 
was  grander,  mightier  than  before ;  the  mightiest  and  grandest 


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Vnew  or  thb  Tjojm  mx  a  BraammLB  son  or  vaa  boil.    "Gbuur  Oobh  I" 

■       — ■     ■  ■  I    .        .         .1  ■  ■  I  ■     .  ...        -  I  ..  I  ,    ■  .  ,        ■  I      I    -■  #  I.  ..I  ■  I  ■    ■!■  ■     II.        ■ 

Yoachsafed  to  mortal  eyes!  Looking  at  it  with  the  eye  of  an 
engineer,  there  I  beheld  power  enongh,  coula  it  be  curbed  and 
utilized,  to  turn  all  the  machuiery  in  the  world.  Then  looking 
at  it  with  an  artist's  eye,  I  could  immortalize  myself  by  trans- 
ferring it  to  canvas ;  as  a  poet,  I  could  astonish  the  world  with  a 
description  of  it. — Common  sense  coming  to  my  rescue,  (together 
with  the  memory  of  other  attempts,)  saved  me  and  the  poor 
public. 

The  manner  in  which  a  sight  of  the  Falls  affects  different  be- 
holders is  quite  as  varied  as  the  number  of  people  who  visit 


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them.  Some  are  awe-strack,  some  enraptured,  some  frightened, 
and  others  struck  dumb,  this  being  the  best  stroke  of  .the  lot  in 
most  oases. 

We  stood  at  this  point,  gadng  doiHi  into  the  snow^  abyss 
of  broken  waters ;  vieiring  also  thei  green  river  below,  the  Cana- 
dian shore  opposite,  the  extreme  point  of  Goat  Island,  and  the 
Horse  Shoe  Falls,  drinking  deep  at  the  wholesale  source  of  in- 
spiration, when  an  old  lady  punched  me  in  the  ribs  with  her 
umbrella. 

"DreflU,  am't  it?"  said  she,  motioning  towards  the  Falls. 

"Very  huge,  madam,"  I  replied. 

"Dreflhl!"  she  sighed  again.  "But  there's  one  thing  I've  got 
agin  General  Soott,"  she  added,  shaking^her  folded  awning  over 
at  Canada. 

I  looked  at  her  in  wonder,  thinking  what  the  glorious  old 
hero,  whose  first  laurels  were  won  just  opposite,  could  have  done 
to  deserve  her  enmity. 

"  Madam,  I M  to  understand  you,"  I  said. 

"  Wal,  what  I'm  down  on  General  Scott  for  is  this,  while  he 
war  about  it,  why  didn't  he  jist  lick  Canada  out  o'  the  other  half 
of  these  ere  water-works?  He  might  ha'  done  it  Jist  as  well  as 
not— jist  as  well.  Now  that's  why  my  Ebeneaer,  my  husband, 
hever*  voted  for  Scott  for  President,  an'  if  he's  put  up  forty 
times,  he'll  never  vote  for  him.  Only  tliink  o'  he'?>  Udken  them 
at  Lundy's  Lane,  an'  not  gobblin'  t*  is  feak  o'  natare!" 

"Madam,  General  Scott  will  probably  never  run  for  Presi- 
dent again,"  said  I. 

"Wal,  he'd  better  not,  that's «11." 

"Madam,  General  Soott  is  dead." 

"Dead!  Wal,  in  that  case  I  forgive  him.  He  more'n  likely 
sees  his  mistake  now.  But  let  that  pass,  I'm  here  for  fim.  Tou 
seem  to  be  a  putty  nice  sort  of  a  man,  an'  so  I  don't  mind  tellin' 


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ye.  This  is  my  darter  Jane,"  she  said,  presenting  a  bashhil, 
comfed  maiden. 

I  let  go  a  city  bow, 

"  We're  seein'  all  we  can  for  our  money.  Jane's  goin'  ter  get 
married  in  'boat  a  month,  an — "  ^ 

"Law,  mother,  how  yon  do  go  on!"  blushed  and  spoke  the 
comfed  maiden. 

"  Bah :  This  man  am't  no  fool.  .Guess  he  knows  what  gittin' 
married  is.  He  knows  that  a  woman  's  got  ter  see  what  she  can 
afore  she  gets  married,  for  the  goodness  kno  vs  she'll  never  get 
a  chance  arterwards." 


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85 


"Oh,  oome  along,  mother  I"  And  after  some  protwtingand 
energetic  whispering  they  withdraw  and  left  me  alone. 

Again  I  was  drawn  to  the  Falls ;  again  did  I  begin  to  snp 
in  poetic  grandeur ;  once  more  the  poem  I  should  write  flashed 
athwart  my  mind  in  suggestive  stanzas.  At  the  present  writing 
I  have  no  means  lOf  knowing  how  fiir  I  might  have  gone  with  that 
poem,  when  fortunately,  perhaps,  a  well-dressed  man  pulled  my 
Pegasus  by  the  tail. 

"I  say,  my  dear  sir,  is  this  the  Niagara  fWls?"  he  asked. 

He  IV  as  evidently  an  English  tourist. 

"Yes  sir,  these  are  the  Falls  of  Niagara." 

He  turned  to  his  companion  and  they  both  looked  at  the 
sight  with  evident  i  difference. 

"Blarsted  'umbug,  sir;  that's  my  hopinion,  sir,"  said  he,  at 
length,  turning  to  me  again. 

"Sir!" 

"  Why,  my  dear  fella,  we  'ave  plenty  of  such  little  dashes  as 
this  at  'ome,  you  know." 

"Oh  I  dare  say  you  have,"  said  I,  willing  to  humor  his 
vanity.  "But  there  is  one  curiosity  that  we  have  in  America 
that  you  cannot  possibly  have  in  England." 

"Hand  what  is  that? '  he  asked,  with  some  interest. 

"The  Mammoth  Gave  of  Kentucky." 

"Hand  why  not?" 
.  "Because  your  blarsted  tight  little  island  is  not  large  enough 
to  fonish  a  cover  for  it." 

"  Oh,  'umbug!"  was  his  impatient  reply. 

"  But  I  dare  say,  these  falls  would  look  better  to  you  from 
across  the  river,"  I  added. 

"Why  so?" 

"Because  that  is  Her  Majesty's  Dominion  over  there." 

"Oh,  well,  I  dare  say.     Come,  Tom,  we  are  very  near  'ome ; 


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Just  across  the  bridge,  joji  know.    I  say,  sir,  his  that  han 
Hamerican  bridge  ?"  he  added,  as  he  was  about  to  tarn  away. 

"Oh,  no,  my  dear  sir ;  built  ^,f holly  by  the  English.  Every- 
thing you  see  around  here  that  amounts  to  anything  was  built 
by  the  English,"  I  replied. 

"Oh,  I  dare  say.  Come,  Tom,"  and  away  they  went,  again 
tearing  me  to  my  poetic  meditations. 

But  somehow  or  other,  it  seemed  as  though  nature  had 
ordained  me  for  a  guide  post  or  directory,  for  in  less  than  live 
minutes  au  Irishman  tackled  me. 

"Be  gorra,  but  that's  big!"  said  he,  drawing  himself  vty  and 
evidently  taking  it  all  in. 

I  bowed  acquiescence. 

"Are  they  the  biggest  in  the  wourld?" 

"They  are." 

"An' can  they  stop 'em?" 

"No." 

"Tlv:^n  fut  good  are  they?" 

I  gave  it  up  and  turned  away  to  continue  my  draughts  of 
inspiration. 

There  were  visitors  of  all  kinds  there  by  this  time ;  the 
coarse  and  stolid ;  sensitive  and  poetic,  (my  kind;)  flighty  and 
matter-of-fact;  and  they  were  all  commenting  on  the  grandeur 
before  them,  expressing  themselves  as  they  were  impressed, 
(the  half  of  which  would  fill  a  volume;)  and  while  I  stood  facing 
the  Bapids  just  above  the  Falls,  a  tall,  homespun  Yan!iee  ap- 
proached me.  . 

"  I  f*y,  you,  mister,  them  are  Niagr>  don't  'mount  tu  much 
arter  all,  du  they  ?"  ss'u  he. 

"Grand,  sir,  grand!  Wonderful  beyond  expression." 

"Git  out!    Why,  we've  got  falls  down  in  Maine  that  lay 


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right  over  them  thar,"  he  said,  pointing  to  the  Bapids,  and 
evidently  mistaking  them  for  the  Falls. 

"Do  yon  think  so  ?"  I  asked,  snuling. 

"Clean  way  over.  Why,  I  don't  see  anything  'hont  them  to 
get  highsty  over." 

"Come  this  way,"  I  said,  taking  him  by  the  arm  and  leading 
him  down  to  the  lower  end  of  Ih")  Park  where  the  whole  scene 
flashed  at  once  upon  the  sight.    "How  about  that?" 

The  Tuikee's  lower  jaw  dropped  in  an  instant  and  his  eye- 
balls b^ah  to  protrude  like  peeled  Qopions.  He  stood  like  one 
lost  in  amazement  for  at  least  a  minute  before  he  could  find  his 
tongue. 

"Thunder  an'  wampum!  By  the  great  homespun!  (}reat 
Jeric^io !  I— I  say,  you,  mister,  them's  a  drefiul  powerfhl  squirt, 
arn'tthey?"  / 

I  nodded  my  agreement  with  him  on  the  subject. 

"Gracious  Ann!  Why,  mister,  I  thort  them  thare  rufQes 
above  thare  war  the  Falls.  By  the  great  jumping  jack,  but  them's 
awfhl.  Why  in  thunder  hadn't  I  brung  Nancy  along,  an  'stonished 
her?    Bi^est  in  the  world,  am't  they?"  he  asked,  at  length. 

"They  are  indeed,  although  there  was  an  Englishman  here  a 
moment  since  who  said  they  had  larger  in  England." 

"An  Englishman?  One  of  them  chaps  what  we  wholloped 
inter  the  BcTolution  ?"  he  asked,  earnestly. 

"  0!ko  of  that  very  kind ;  one  of  the  same  fellows." 

' '  Thunder  an'  pitch !  whar's  he  gone  ?"  he  yelled,  spanking  his 
big  fists  together.    "Show  him  tn  me.   I  ken  lick  the  goose, 
grease  out  o'  him  iu  three  minutes  by  the  clock ;  whar's  he 
gone?" 

I  took  particular  pains  to  dhow  him  the  road  the  Englishmen 
had  taken,  and  to  describe  their  dress  and  general  appearence. 
And  I  had  the  satis&ctioo  to  learn  the  next  day  that  Yank  had 


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"Slow  mu  xa  MB  1    I  um  uok  tbb  ooobb  OBBin  our  6'  him  in  tbbbi 

MlMU'iW  ST  m 'OKjOOK  1" 


found  his  men,  and  made  his  boast  good  by  thrashing  both  of  the 
Brittishers,  and  that  all  three  of  them  were  locked  up  by  the 
authorities  of  Drummondsyille  for  engaging  in  an  American 
rough  and  tumble  ai^ument. 

Thus  do  we  get  even  with  our  enemies. 

Well,  after  doing  the  Park,  getting  my  picture  taken  by  an 
enterprising  photographer,  who  assured  me  that  my  face  would 
thereby  be  handed  down  to  a  happy  posterity,  I  went  down 
the  inclined  plane  to  the  river  below,  where  by  subsidizing  a 
boatman  I  was  enabled  to  take  in  more  than  I  had  seen  before. 


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A  HUP  TO  NIAGARA   FALLS. 


The  Boene  from  the  rirer,  looking  up  at  the  Suspension  Bridge, 
at  the  Bridal  Teil,  the  whole  sea  of  thundering  waters  that  leap 
oyer  the  high  table-rock,  the  eddying,  subdued  currents,  and  up  at 
the  hig^ti  abore,  the  scene  is  more  awe-inspiring  than  from 
any  other  point. 


Yww  or  «n  Vamim,  rmm  thb  Oanadux  bhobi;  opposinB  Goat  TsLAjm. 

Back  Again,  through  the  Park,  over  the  bridge  that  spans 
the  Bapids  to  Goat  Ishind,  there  to  see  the  sights  and  gain  morj 
ingpiration  than  can  be  gained  from  any  other  point  about  the 
Pallt. 


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A   TRIP   TO   NIAGARA   FALLS. 


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Goat  Island  is  a  perfect  park ;  one  of  the  most  delightful 
spots  in  the  world. 

The  first  object  of  interest  to  visit  was  the  Cave  of  the  Winds. 
This  is  one  of  the  sensational  features  of  the  place,  and  next  to 
going  over  the  Falls  it  is  the  most  so.  I  didn't  go  over  the  Falls, 


.  A  VAPOB-BATH  Or  HUOS  DWEMSIOm.— GrOHia  TO  THB  "  CaTX  OF  THB  WraDS." 

but  allowed  myself  to  be  taken  in  by  the  Cave  of  the  Winds,  and 
was  amply  repaid  for  so  doing.  Why,  a  visit  beneath  this  over- 
pouring  sea  is  better  than  a  hard-shell  sermon  or  a  confessional. 
There  was  never  a  person  who  visited   this  cave  who  did  not 


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A  TRIP  TO  NIAQARA  FALLS. 


promise  to  do  better  in  the  future — at  least  that  portion  of  the 
ihture  embraced  in  getting  out  of  the  place. 

But  such  a  shower  bath  as  one  can  get  there  from  the  mighty 
mists  which  rise  up  between  the  sheet  of  water  and  the  rocky 
wall ;  such  a  peel  from  nature's  double,  bass  orgian  pipe — so 
insignificant  does  it  make  one  feel,  that  one  is  inclined  to  wish 
that  several  people  in  the  world  could  be  there,  that  their  bump 
of  self  esteem  might  get  moistened. 

Polite  guides  furnish  you  with  flannel  suits,  and  show  you  how 
to  "do"  the  place,  and  those  who  &il  to  take  in  this  feature  will 
only  see  the  surface  of  Niagara  Fal^. 

Luna  Island  is  one  of  the  most  romantic  spots  imaginable. 
Joined  to  the  main  island  by  a  bridge,  under  which  the  angry 
waters  rush  ;  surrounded  on  all  sides  by  the  Bapids,  and  stan- 
ding right  on  the  brink  of  the  precipice  over  which  the  torrents 
tumble,  it  really  possesses  greater  attractions  for  the  tourist  than 
most  any  other  locality.  > 

There  were  quite  a  number  of  visitors  there  before  me,  and 
next  to  the  surrounding  grandeur  many  of  them  interested  me 
very  much,  for  as  usual  they  were  of  all  kinds  and  degrees. 

"Perfectly  lovely!"  whispers  a  poetic  Miss. 

"  Charming,"  replies  her  soft  oavalier. 

"  Wonderftil !"  cries  a  pious  old  dame. 

"The  Lord  is  mighty  and  will  prevail,"  says  her  husband, 
who  can  think  of  no  other  !s<tntiment  that  will  express  his 
feelings,  and  so  they  all  take  turns  in  using  adjectives. 

An  Indian  approached  with  beaded  work  and  curiosities.  He 
was  quickly  surrounded,  and  reaped  a  rich  harvest  as  usual, 
giving  reminiscences  of  his  tribe  as  he  sold  his  wares ;  and  when 
they  had  all  bought  and  departed,  he  came  up  to  where  I  stood 
gazing  over  the  Falls. 


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"Bay  of  the  poor  Indian?"  he  asked,  pre«enting  his  basket 
foil  of  heeded  work. 

"Indian!    Yon  are  no  Indian,"  I  replied. 

"Big  Indian.  My  fore&thers  liye  here  many  hundred  years 
ago,  before  the  white  men  came  here." 

"Oh,  bosh!  Yon  came  from  Ireland." 

He  looked  at  me  in  surprise. 

"1^0,  Indian!'^  hei  said,  taming  away. 

"Yon  are  an  Irishman;  a  bloody  &r-down.  I  know  those 
who  know  yon  well,"  I  persisted ;  and  it  was  evident  that  he 
was  gjetting  madder  and  madder  every  moment. 

"Who  knows  me?"  he  asked,  savagely,  but  without  his 
Indian  dialect 

"  Pat  Mahony  says  you're  as  Irish  as  Mrs.  Murphy's  pig." 

"  Pat  Mahony  is  a  darmed  liar,  be  gob  I"  he  exclaimed,  setting 
down  his  store  and  msMng  up  to  me  with  clenched  fists. 

By  jingoes!  I  had  hit  upon  an  acquaintances  of  his,  sure 
enough. 

"  He's  a  darmed  liar  I  An'  you^re  a  darmed  liar  if  you  say 
Pat  Mahony  's  a  gintleman." 

"Oh,  I  don't  say  anything  about  his  social  standing.  I 
merely  wanted  to  convince  you  that  you  have  mistaken  your 
nationality,  that  you  are  not  a  native  American  Indian.  You 
may  be  a  good  enough  Irish  Indian ;  I  do  not  say  that  you  are 
not,  but— " 

"  Howly  Moses !  Am  I  ter  be  insulted  loike  that?  Whoop  I" 
he  yelled,  with  a  strong  Irish  accent,  and  sprang  at  me  for  an 
earnest  business  transaction. 

I  never  was  that  kind  of  a  business  man  to  any  great  extent, 
and  so  I  lit  out  I  went  lively,  and  that  Irish  Indian  was  after 
me.    If  I  ever  blessed  my  long  legs,  I  blessed  'rai  then. 

He  chased  me  for  about  twenty  rods,  when,  probably  remem- 


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45 


Ax  \xasa.  Ihduh  : — "Fat  Mahout  u  a  sabmbd  liab,  n oobI" 

bering  his  stock  in  trade,  he  stopped  and  shook  his  fist  at  me  a 
moment,  and  then  returned.  But  it  spoiled  his  day's  business, 
for  he  got  so  mad  that  he  could'nt  speak  in  any  but  an  Irish  in- 
tx)nation  until  after  he  had  enjoyed  a  night's  sleep. 

I  can  get  along  tolerably  well  with  an  American  Indian,  but 
the  Irish  Lo's  are  too  much  for  me. 

My  next  visit  was  down  the  Stairs,  leading  out  to  a  point 
nearest  the  Canadian  Shore,  where  a  mt^ificent  view  of  the 
Horseshoe  Falls  is  to  be  had.  If  possible,  there  is  more  grandeur 
visible  from  this  point  than  from  any  other.    To  the  left,  as  far 


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as  the^ye  can  see,  the  great  river  comes  tumbling  and  tearing 
down  the  long,  rough  incline  that  creates  the  Bapids,  and  hurry- 
ing on  with  resistless  power  attains  a  Telocity  of  thirty  miles  an 
hour,  when  it  reaches  the  edge  of  the  precipice  over  which  it 
plunges.  A  fellow  don't  feel  larger  than  a  mouse,  while  contem- 
plating the  scene. 

From  this  point  a  trip  to  tne  Sister  Islands  is  next  in 
order ;  three  beautifhl,  romantic  islets,  connected  by  suspension 
bridges,  and  standing  there  tree-veiled  and  adamant  in  the  midst 
Oi  the  maddened  waters.  "A.  view  can  be  had  that  delights,  es- 
pecially a  temperance  man. 

After  "  doing  "  these  romantic  "  Sisters,"  I  took  a  turn  back- 
wards, recrossed  the  bridge  and  was  soon  at  the  hotel  again 
where  dinner  and  refreshment  awaited  me. 

In  the  afternoon  I  set  out  for  the  Canadian  side,  to  see  what 
was  to  be  seen  from  there ;  resolved  on  doing,  while  in  Canada, 
as  Canadians  did,  although  I  lived  to  take  back  that  resolution 
so  far  as  it's  being  applicable  to  the  transactions  of  life. 

For  one  dollar  the  tall  keeper  allowed  me  to  walk  over  the 
narrow  suspension  bridge.  But  it  was  money  well  invested,  for 
the  view  from  the  bridge  is  overwhelming  almost.  The  Falls  to 
the  left,  including  both  the  American  and  Canadian ;  the  waters 
of  ihe  river  below,  streaked  and  flecked  with  foam  from  the 
recent  plunge,  still  without  rest,  whirling  in  a  thousand' eddies, 
and  slowly  moving  along  towards  the  whirlpool  some  two  miles 
below.  And  yet  still  closer,  to  the  right,  the  Bridal  Veil  (or 
veils) — two  thin,  gauzy  sheets  of  wp.ter  which  fly  over  the  preci- 
pice bne  hundred  and  fifty  feet  high,  spreading  out  indeed  like  a 
bridal  veil  which  fairies  might  have  fashioned  in  imitation  of  the 
supreme  work  of  Nature  farther  up. 

Here,  suspended  in  mid  air,  one  can  see  enough  almost  for  a 
lifetime ;  and  just  here  it  is  that  one  can  understand  why  it  is 


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that  no  brash  or  pen  has  ever  yet  presented  Niagara  tmthftillj, 
and  never  will.    Genius  is  paralyzed  before  the  subject. 

Along  over  the  narrow  bridge  I  walked,  drinking  in  of  the 
grandeur  on  every  side,  and  finally  set  foot  on  Her  Gracious 
Mi^esty's  soil,  Canada.  Said  soil  being  exceedingly  pulpy, at  the 


,Tmt  SuBPKNsioK  BioDcn,    tbb  oms  bpamiono  the  BXvaB  vMsgm  thb  Fiuxs. 


time,  I  had  no  difficulty  in  putting  my  foot  into  it  almost  deep 
enough  to  take  root. 

A  mild-eyed  hackman  approached  me.   I  was  a  fly  and  knew 
it ;  he  was  the  spider  with  that  same  old  song.     "  Will  you  step 


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A  TRIP  TO  NIAOARA  FALLS. 


into  my  little  carriage  ?"  But  haying  heard  sach  horrible  Btorios 
regarding  these  fellows,  I  resolved  to  misuse  them  by  using  my 
feet 

"Ck>t  a  nice  Carriage  here,  sir,"  said  he. 

"I  am  glad  to  hear  it,  my  dear  sir,"  I  replied,  at  the  same 
time  moving  on.    But  he  followed. 

"  Take  you  all  around  cheap,  sir." 

"Cheaper  than  I  shall  feel  if  I  walk?" 
'     "No,  sir,"  he  replied,  laughing,  and  the  very  fact  of  his 
seeing  one  of  my  jokes  made  me  feel  friendly  towards  nim  right 
away.  I  only  wanted  a  little  urging  to  throw  myself  into  his  car- 
riage for  him  to  do  with  as  he  should  see  fit 

"Take  you  to  the  Falls;  Lundy's  Lane,  Burning  Spring, 
Whirlpool,  and  bring  yon  back  for  one  dollar." 

"What!" 

"One  dollar." 

"Do  yon  mean  it?  No  extra'R?"  I  asked,  utterly  unable  to 
comprehend  the  statement 

"  None,  only  tolls." 

••Say  it  all  over  again!" 

He  repeated  his  proposition. 

"  Take  me,"  was  all  I  could  say,  and  he  took  me  in,  remark- 
ing as  he  did  so  that  he  was  not  a  whit  moved  by  my  surprise, 
for  it  was  only  natural  after  the  slanderous  stories  that  had  been 
circulated  regarding  their  exorbitant  charges.  But  truth  was 
gradually  getting  the  best  of  the  matter,  and  one  by  one  he  was 
convincing  visitors  that  the  Niagara  Falls  hackmen  were  honest, 
moderate  men,  earning  their  bread  by  the  sweat  of  their  horses. 

He  first  drove  to  the  Falls.  A  hotel  stands  there,  and  a 
mild-mannered  landlord  threw  open  the  carriage  door  as  it  came 
to  a  standstill,  and  told  me  to  walk  ri|;ht  up  stairs  for  the  finest 
view,  and  assuring  me  at  the  same  time  that  there  was  no 


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Taa  anrau  Nuoabi  Fauj  BiODUX.— "Taei  tou  all  abooiis  tob  a  DOLL&Bi" 

charge.  The  yiew  from  a  balcony  is  very  fine  indeed,  embrac- 
ing as  it  does  everything  bat  a  small  portion  of  the  Falls  almost 
directly  beneath  the  observer. 

"This  'no  charge'  business  I  very  soon  dropped  on,  for 
whenever  I  met  it,  I  encountered  a  museum  of  Indian  curiosities 
which  I  was  expected  to  partake  at  least  sparingly  of.  I  fact, 
there  is  always  some  eloquent  man  or  persuasive  maiden  about 
to  convince  you  that  your  visit  would  only  be  a  sham  and  a 
mockery  without  a  few  dollars'  worth  of  souvenirs  in  the  shape 
of  bows,  arrows,  Indian  canoes,  and  stone  war  clubs,  pipes, 


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skini,  petrified  wood,  or  8omethiiig  of  the  kind.  I  confessed  that 
I  had  rather  have  mine  a  mockery  than  otherwise,  and  did  not 
purchase. 

"  Now,  then,  to  tlie  famous  battle  field  of  Lnndy'R  Lane,"  said 
the  driver,  as  I  again  sought  his  carriage. 

"  Go  itl"  I  replied ;  and  he  did. 

A  ride  of  fifteen  minutes  brought  us  to  the  place,  and  the 
drirer  pulled  up  before  a  tall  observatory.  Again  that  'no 
charge'  landlord  appeared,  opened  th^^  carriage  door,  and  told 
me  which  way  to  go. 

Up  several  stairs  I  climbed  and  found  the  top  of  the 
observatory,  and  an  old  man  ready  to  instruct  me  about  the 
locality.  The  fiur-away  battle  fields  of  Chippawa  was  pointed 
out.  Mid  my  attention  called  to  the  beautifiil  scene  that  lay  spred 
out  like  a  panorama  bmeath,  by  the  old  guide  who  also  claimed 
to  have  been  a  soldier  under  General  Scott,  to  have  fought  at  the 
battle  of  Lundy's  Lane,  and  to  have  been  taken  a  prisoner  there. 
I  hope  tliat  is  true,  for  I  gave  him  an  extra  dollar  on  account 
of  it. 

He  pointed  out  the  lines  occupied  by  the  British  and  Ameri- 
can troops,  and  then  proceeded  to  give  a  graphic  account  of  the 
battle.  And  a  bloody  one  il  was,  too ;  fifteen  hundred  dead 
being  buried  in  the  trenches.  ,The  place  is  a  grave-yard  now. 
The  guide  varied  a  trifle  from  history,  but  when  he  became  con- 
vinced that  I  was  an  American,  good  and  true,  ne  worked  up  a 
bully  victory  for  Scott  and  his  gallant  men. 

I  pondered,  and  felt  big,  and  in  spite  of  my  patriotism  I 
found  my  eyes  wandering  away  over  to  the  Falls,  the  suspension 
bridges,  the  town  of  Niagara,  the  Rapids,  together  with  the  wild 
hill  and  dale  for  fifty  miles  around. 

Again  seeking  the  waiting  carriage,  I  found  that  suave  land- 
lord in  waiting  for  one  dollar,  "  the  usual  charge." 


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SvxTsnMa   ths   battue  iikld  or  Liindt'b  Lams. — ^Thx   oud   Hmo-ooxDa 
ffuiMVUio  OUT  TBM  miTKnni  or  ths  two  *»»"*«- 


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Luxuries  must  be  paid  for,  even  if  there  be  bones  in  them. 
I  had  been  up  in  his  observatory,  and  come  down — and  I  "came 
down  "  again,  to  please  the  keeper. 

But  why  tire  you  with  farther  description.  You  may  know 
how  it  is  yourself,  or  live  long  enough  to.  I  went  to  the  Burning 
Spring — a  great  curiosity,  by  the  way — and  to  the  Whirlpool, 
where  suicides  are  found  after  "doing"  the  Falls,  and  was  driven 
back  again  to  t^e  toll-house  from  whence  I  had  set  out. 

The  driver  had  certainly  acted  fairly,  and  although  he  un- 
doubtedly "stood  in  "  with  the  owners  of  places  where  relics  were 


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sold,  or  inform0>iom  giyen,  yet  I  most  say  that  he  was  as  &r 
ahead  of  the  New  York  hackmen  in  point  of  honesty,  as  they  are 
ahead  of  politicians  and  lawyers.  At  the  toll-house  I  parted 
with  him,  making  a  neat  little  speech  to  grace  the  occasion. 

"Dear  sir,"  said  I,  "yoa  have  both  delighted  and  surprised 
me.  I  am  convinced  that  you  are  a  maligned  and  much  abused 
class.  Here  is  your  LTMiest  dollar.  I  would  make  it  more,  only 
I  wish'  to  have  the  truth  on  my  side  when  I  reach  the  other  side, 
and  be  able  to  astonish  the  world  with  my  experience  while  in 
your  hands." 

He  removed  his  hat  and  bowed  so  low  that  his  nose  got 
caught  in  his  boot>straps. 

Then  he  proceeded  to  say : 

"  Dear  sir  ;  you  look  honest  and  intelligent  enough  to  be  an 
editor.  Indeed,  you  may  be,  for  aught  I  know.  But  if  you  are, 
and  you  would  help  unload  a  burden  from  the  shoulders  of  a 
much-abused  class,  speak  then,  vfrite  then  in  behalf  of  the  hack- 
men  of  Niagara  Falls.  We  have  not  earned  the  reputation 
which  we  now  have ;  it  has  been  thrust  upon  us  by  cheap  wits, 
jokers,  men  who  wished  to  say  something  regarding  their  visit 
and  couldn't  trust  themselves  to  attack  the  Falls,  and  so  took 
something  nearer  their  own  social  and  mental  level." 

"Sir,  you  should  have  been  a  member  of  the  Canadian  Par- 
liament. Your  eloquence  should  be  expended  for  the  public  good." 

He  smiled  and  bowed,  evidently  delighted  that  one  man  had 
discovered  his  ability. 

"  Why,  my  dear  sir,"  I  continued,  "  were  you  a  citizen  of 
the  United  States  we  should  at  least  make  an  Alderman  of  you." 

He  bowed  again.  But  I  afterwards  learned  that  he  had  been 
a  citizen  of  this  free  and  expansive  land,  but  that  certain  irregu- 
larities regarding  the  possession  of  a  horse  made  it  more  desira- 
ble for  him  to  continue  to  do  his  good  work  in  Canada. 


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URBIi  TO  AIX  TBI  BIBKNB  WHO  HMET  HO  PATH. 


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He  looked  at  that  "honest  dollar  "  again  and  turned  it  over, 
bat  he  oonldn't  make  two  of  it,  and  somehow  looked  disap- 
pointed. 

Bat  we  parted  the  best  of  friends,  although  he  would  undoubt- 
edly have  taken  an  extra  dollar,  and  allowed  me  to  lie  to  the 
public  regeirding  the  transaction.    But  we  are  all  human. 

X  retamed  to  the  United  States,  but  scarcely  had  I  set  heel 
in  the  bally  soil  again  before  another  jehu  sought  to  convince 
roe  that  I  had  been  in  the  hands  of  novices,  and  had  as  yet 
seen  nothing  of  the  glories  of  Niagara.  I  calmly  took  a  Colt 
flrom  my  pocket,  and  he  whipped  away  his  horses. 

Once  more  in  Prospect  Park  I  took  a  seat,  for  the  purpose  of 
taking  a  review  of  all  I  had  deen  during  the  day.  It  was  sunset ; 
glory  npon  glory  1  I  was  tired,  and  fain  would  have  allowed  my 
soal  to  loaf  and  grow  hi,  but  the  stirring  sensations  of  the  day 
had  set  me  all  on  wires. 

I  was  about  reverting  to  that  contemplated  poem  again  when 
a  country  minister  approached  me. 

He  seemed  to  want  somebody  to  talk  to.  Was  overflowing, 
so  to  speak,  and  didn't  know  what  to  do  with  the  surplus. 

''What  awfttl  grandeur!"  he  began.  "What  wild  and  con- 
dnsive  tremendoosness!" 

Oh,  be  "had  'em,"  I  could  see  that  well  enough. 

"  Oh,  how  puny  and  insignificant  appear  the  works  of  man, 
when  contrasted  with  all  we  now  see  before  us.  What  shall  we 
say ;  how  express  ourselves ;  where  find  a  place  that  is  low  enough 
for  us  to  crouch  in,  in  order  to  look  up  and  render  due  homage?" 

"Siri"  said  I,  as  though  uncertain  of  what  he  was  driving  at. 

"  How  ean  we  express  ourselves?" 

"  lilive  it  up,''  was  all  I  could  say. 

That  overflowing  preacher  looked  at  me  a  moment,  first  with 
surprise,  and  then  disgust  in  his  face,  and  his  bubbling  imme- . 


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diately  sabsided.  He  went  right  away,  and  before  this  has 
donbtless  boilt  a  sermon  on  my  stapid  indifference. 

I  went  to  the  brink  to  look  npon  the  cataract  in  the  glowing 
twili^t.    Everything  was  tinged  with  color  and  beanty. 

The  mists  rose  up  like  the  tinted  curtains  before  the  bed  of 
a  goddess,  and  the  last  rays  of  the  son  had  parted  with  the  Falls 
and  lingered  with  a  rosy  good-night  on  'the  islands  and  the 
Rapids  above. 

Of  all  hoars  of  the  day,  twilight  sits  the  most  lovingly  on 
Niagara. 

The  wwld  wil^  never  know  what  an  escape  it  had  just  at  this 
point,  for  I  went  so  far  while  tinder  the  inspiration  of  this  twi- 
light hoar  as  to  note  down  th^  leading  features  of  uy  thoasand- 
line  poem. 

Tes,  on  a  stray  sheet  of  piiper  that  I  fonnd  in  my  pocket  I 
blocked  the  work  all  oat  in  penidl,  and  just  as  I  had  noted  down 
the  climax  that  was  to  eleoti^  the  world,  a  gust  of  wind  blew  it 
from  my  hand,  and  away  ii  w«nt  into  the  river. 

I  didn^t  follow  it,  and  my  boot  ftiends  have  since  congratu- 
lated me  on  my  forbearance. 

Daring  my  visit  (  had  encountered  many  newly,  married 
people,  and  at  this  moment  there  were  several  of  them  standing 
near  me.  And— oh,  they  were  so  soft,  and  gushed  sol  And 
how  they  murmured  Byron,  Moore,  and  Shakspere.  It  was  very 
effecting. 

"  O,  Geoi^e,  how  lovely!"  exuberated  a  fond  new  wife  on  my 
right,  glancing  np  into  her  husband's  face. 

"  Tes,  Evelina,  it  is  beautiful;  almost  as  beaatifhl  as  you  are, 
Birdy,"  he  replied,  stooping  down  to  see  if  her  lips  tasted  any 
different  ffom  what  they  had  all  along. 

"So  good  of  you,  George,  to  bring  me  here.  I  shall  never 
forget  it,  never.     Gorgeous!" 


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"How  TBux  rr  la,  Bibdt,  ibit  iatb  asjosm  oah  aid  vb  to  apfbioiatb  all 


THIS." 


Then  they  lookeu  at  each  other's  eyes  and  squeezed  hands. 
Oh,  it  was  80  nice ! 

"How  true  it  is,  Birdy,  that  love  alone  can  fit  us  to  appre- 
ciate the  grand  and  beautiful  of  Nature." 

"Yes,  George.  Oh!  George,  the  'skeeters  bite!"  she  added, 
flying  to  his  arms  for  protection. 

"Did  'em?  Well,  they  ^an't hite  my  sweet  woutsy-pouiay. 
We'll  go  back  to  the  housey-pousey." 

"Oh!"  she  sighed,  and  folding  his  arm  around  her  as  thoi^h 


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'  Tbm  vavL  BOAB  or  thb  Faxab  8XIU.  8oina»D  xa  mr  xan. 

to  keep  the  mosqtiitoes  away,  they  walked  off  in  the  direction 
of  the  hotels. 

Hungry  and  tired  I  followed  suit,  my  mind  filled  with  a.  con- 
glomeration of  feelings  and  memories.  I  had  "done"  Niagara 
£^lls,  and  was  abont  done  for  myself. 

The  doll  roar  still  soonded  in  my  ears,  even  after  I  had  gone 
to  bed,  assisting  my  dreams  to  be  more  realistic. 

I  sat  np  in  bed  now  and  then  and  gazed  oat  upon  the  moonlit 
scene.  I  had  partaken  so  folly  of  the  subject  that  I  really  felt 
that  I  had  water  on  the  brain,  and  when  a  few  hours  afterwards 


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I  dreamed  of  going  on  an  excursion  over  the  Falls,  I  managed 
by  snperhnman  struggles  to  escape  from  danger  and  to  roll  ,out 
of  bed  upon  the  floor.  Then  I  felt  indeed  that  it  was  high  time  for 
me  to  get  back  to  New  York  again,  the  abode  of  still  waters. 

But  whenever  you  feel  like  a  change  of  scene,  like  taking  a 
spin  of  a  few  hundred  miles,  do  as  I  did ;  pack  your  collar-box 
and  take  A  Trip  to  Niagara  Falls. 

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